Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Quote by Bernard Malamud

Topics: Writing Quotes

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after...

We have two lives the one we learn with and the life we live after...

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

I for one believe that not enough has been made of the tragedy of the...

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

The idea is to get the pencil moving quickly.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to...

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to...

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

I write constantly, but only in my journals. I have three of them: one for...

I write constantly, but only in my journals. I have three of them: one for...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought...

We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love...

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process